The Theatre is the Opium of the People: A Voice of Dissent from Waldow’s Reading of Rousseau

IF 0.7 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Lilian Alweiss
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ABSTRACT This paper questions Waldow reading of Rousseau’s ‘Letter to M D’Alembert’ [Letter]. It claims that Waldow fails to address the social and political argument that lies behind Rousseau’s critique of the theatre and, as a result, her conclusions are misplaced. First, Rousseau does not seek to quench critique rather his aim is to show that the theatre distracts us from our real concerns in life and thus quells discontent and, indeed, the possibility of dissent. Second, Rousseau does not refer to the naturally intact morals of the Genevans but argues that the Genevans are closer to the state of nature and thus less corrupt. Finally, his account of the state of nature in the Letter is not at odds with his own views about the state of nature. Just as in his other writings, he uses the state of nature as a heuristic device to justify his claim that social relations give rise to vice and virtue. It is a necessary fiction that provides us with the principle of hope that things could be otherwise.
戏剧是人民的鸦片:瓦尔多解读卢梭的异议之声
摘要本文对瓦尔多对卢梭《致达朗贝尔先生的信》的解读提出质疑。它声称沃尔多未能解决卢梭对戏剧的批评背后的社会和政治争论,因此,她的结论是错误的。首先,卢梭并没有试图平息批评,相反,他的目的是表明,戏剧分散了我们对生活中真正关心的事情的注意力,从而平息了不满,实际上,也平息了不同意见的可能性。其次,卢梭并没有提到日内瓦人的自然完整的道德,而是认为日内瓦人更接近自然状态,因此不那么腐败。最后,他在《信》中对自然状态的描述与他自己对自然状态的看法并不矛盾。就像在他的其他作品中一样,他用自然状态作为一种启发式的手段来证明他的主张,即社会关系会产生恶和美德。这是一种必要的虚构,它为我们提供了希望的原则,让我们相信事情可能不是这样。
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